Verizon sweetens Samsung Fascinate deal with Buy One Get One Free offer
Yes, that fateful day is upon us, the Samsung Fascinate has made its debut on Verizon's online store pages, and it's arrived with a quite unusual (for a top tier handset) sweetener. When buying one Fascinate, you're given the option to obtain a second one for free.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 2.1, commitments, day, discount, fascinate, galaxys, initial, initial-outlay, need-two-year, pecuniary-terms, quite-unusual, result, verizon, webos
Dell Streak to get official Android 2.1 update on September 1st or 2nd, according to O2
Looks like things are going swell for Dell Streak owners in the UK -- following the earlier Android 2.1 firmware leak , news from the grapevine is that O2 will be rolling out a final build of said update on September 1st, which would easily fit into the "early September" period as promised by the carrier. We double-checked with O2 and were informed that it's actually targeting either the 1st or 2nd, so regardless, the eccentric tabletphone should be getting some sweet pastry later this week
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.1, aroma, dell, either-the-1st, engadget-mobile, firmwareupdate, grapevine, pastry, result, software-update, softwareupdate, streak, the-eccentric, update
Xperia X10 family’s Android 2.1 upgrade coming by end of September, says Sony Ericsson UK
When we talked to Sony Ericsson for the Xperia X10 for AT&T review , reps informed us that the phone is upgradeable but no further information could be provided. Now, we can't say if this latest bit is global or just for those across the pond, but the official Twitter account of SE's UK arm wrote today that Android 2.1 is " due for release before the end of September this year." Certainly a step up from the Q4 2010 time frame we heard previously, but again, we've no clue if this applies to the US as well -- we've messaged a stateside rep and will let you know what we hear. A blessing for some X10 family owners, just a cherry on top for others
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 2.1, eclair, ericsson, phone, release-before, sony-ericsson, sonyericsson, stateside-rep, x10, xperia
Motorola Sage pictured in glorious detail, on a collision course with AT&T
Confirming our FCC-inspired conjecture, here we have a gallery of pictures giving us a detailed look at Motorola's latest (though probably not greatest) Android handset. Just as we posited, this QWERTY slider is bound for AT&T's airwaves and it comes with a Motoblur 2 skin, as seen most recently on the Droid X . We keep telling these manufacturers that bone stock Android and a rapid upgrade cycle would be preferable but they don't listen
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.1, blur2, confirming, conjecture, motoblur 2, motoblur2, not-greatest, pictures-giving, sage, tipster
Mario live wallpaper for Android: better than a Tanooki Suit in the summer
Seriously, words cannot describe how incredibly entertained we are by this Mario Live wallpaper for Android 2.1 and above devices. All across the home and locked screen, our favorite Italian faux-plumber protagonist runs through randomly-generated levels across various themes like outside, underground, and castle. It's very customizable, allowing you to change the level's difficulty, see the alternate paths Mario's AI has plotted, and rendering the background (all at a cost to CPUs and battery life, of course).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.1, alternate-paths, battery, entry, italian, live-wallpaper, mario, mario-live, result, super-mario, tanooki, underground, video
Motorola Flipout spotted: an Android 2.1 / Motoblur device with a twist
Remember " Square Motorola Android slider ?" Ah, those were the days.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.1, brazil, flip out, flipout, gizmodo-brazil, googleandroid, little-twister, moto blur, motoblur, motorola, outshined, twister
HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 on April 26th in home country of Taiwan
We're past mid-March and rapidly approaching the early Q2 launch estimates for the Android 2.1 update for HTC's Hero. Now Engadget Chinese has tipped us to an official HTC release date issued on Plurk (a very popular, local Twitter-like social service) in HTC's home country of Taiwan: April 26th
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.1, entry, firmware-update, htc-hero, issued-on-plurk, latest-version, sense, software-update, very-popular
Verizon delays Android 2.1 rollout to Motorola Droid, new date is TBD
Oh, bollocks! After hearing for days that Verizon Wireless would be pushing out the highly anticipated Android 2.1 update to its stable of Droid users, along comes this. Internal company documentation clearly states that the aforementioned update won't be going down today, and there's no clear indication of when it will
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.1, breaking-news, droid, highly, motorola-droid, result, smartphone, stable, update, verizon, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless, wireless
Motorola publishes schedule of Android upgrades for its handsets, steers clear of specifics
Remember last week, when Motorola said it was releasing an Android 2.1 update for the Droid, but then totally didn't ?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.1, clarification, confusion, droid, engadget, entry, exactly-solve, facebook, moto, motorola, news, result, software-update, softwareupdate, specifics